A handy powerpoint on Nikola Tesla. One of the most prolific inventors of all time.

1. Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943)
By Keval Vashi

2. Introduction
 Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American
inventor, electrical engineer,
mechanical engineer and physicist.
 He is mostly known for contributing to
making electricity commercial
 Inventor of AC (Alternating Current)
 A long term rival to Thomas Edison

3. Personal Life
 Born in 1856 in Smiljan, Austrian
Empire (Modern-day Croatia)
 Died in Manhattan, New York, USA
 Had one brother and three sisters
 Born as a Serbian but later becoming
a naturalised American citizen.
 Raised as an Orthodox Christian

4. Education
 Attended Primary School in Smiljan,
Austria studying German, arithmetic
and religion.
 Tesla moved to Karlovac, Croatia
Higher Real Gymnasium graduating in
1873.
 He later attended Graz University of
Technology passing nine exams, but
not able to graduate due to dropping
out

5. Inventions and Achivements
 Tesla invented AC (Alternating Current), AC is
the form in which electric power is delivered
to businesses and residences.
 AC is still used in present day
 Tesla also established Tesla Coil – A type of
transformer circuit
 Wireless Communication – The transfer of
information without the use of enhanced
electrical wires.
 The Tesla electric car – An electrical motor
prototype that inhibited a brushless design
 Wins a contract to power the Niagara Falls
with his Alternative Current system

6. United States
 On the 6th of June1884 he arrived in
the USA in New York City
 On 30th July 1891, at the age of 35,
Tesla became a naturalised citizen of
the United States
 In1893 at World's Columbian
Exposition in Chicago he popularised
alternating current.
 In 1886, Tesla forms his own
corporation ―Tesla Electric Light and
Manufacturing‖

7. Tesla – Edison rivalry
 In 1882, Tesla began working for Thomas Edison at the
Continental Edison Company in France
 Tesla claimed that he could redesign Edison's inefficient
motor and generators
 Edison remarked, "There's fifty thousand dollars in it for
you—if you can do it‖
 Tesla fulfilled the task and inquired about payment,
however Edison was only joking and had agreed to
increase Tesla payrise, though Tesla resigned
immediately.
 In contention, Edison had created DC (Direct Current)
to rival Tesla’s AC electrical system, however would
soon diminish to AC.
 Both refused ever to accept the Nobel Peace Prize
award if any of them received it first

8. Legacy and Honors
 In 1931, on his birthday, he was on the cover of the Time
Magazine, receiving congratulatory letters from more than 70
pioneers in science and engineering, including Albert Einstein
 A lunar crater on the far side of the moon is named after him
―Tesla‖
 A monument to Tesla was established at Niagara Falls, New
York
 An electrical car company ―Tesla Motors‖ named their
company in tribute to Tesla
 The Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, Serbia’s primary
international airport was named after him
 The Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade
 Nikola Tesla appears on 100 Serbian dinar banknote.

9. Death
 He died in 1943 on the 7th of January,
in Manhattan, New York, USA at the
age of 86
 He died unmarried
 Tesla’s funeral took place on the 12th
of January 1943 at the Cathedral of
Saint Joint
 His body was taken to Belgrade,
Yugoslavia in 1957

10. ―The desire that guides me in all I do is the desire to
harness the forces of nature to the service of
mankind.‖